Noritoshi Hirakawa new installation
"Beyond the sunbeam through trees"
- Date/Time :
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2011-05-28 (sat)-2011-08-21 (sun)10:00-19:00
- Venue :
- Studio B /
- Admission :
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free
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Collaborating artists: Michael Rother, Yoko Ando
A new artistic hybrid of installation and performance - internationally
renowned artists from different genres present the fruits of their collaboration
The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] is hosting an exhibition of contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa's new installation - a fusion of imagery, sound and body expression conceived with the aim to explore new horizons in artistic expression. The installation integrates elements of light, imagery and sound that together contain the manifestation of spiritual energy and human awareness. The visitor generates through his activate participation various interaction between the elements of light (sunbeams falling through trees), music and video footage inspired by a single woman's subtle feelings and behavior.
Composer/musician Michael Rother and dancer Yoko Ando took charge of the creation of visuals and sounds that, in concert with the dynamics of light, define the piece's distinctive flavor. Their residence at YCAM was for the three artists a period of mutual inspiration and stimulation, and we are now proud to present the much anticipated result of these internationally renowned creators' first ever collaboration.
The Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM] is hosting an exhibition of contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa's new installation - a fusion of imagery, sound and body expression conceived with the aim to explore new horizons in artistic expression. The installation integrates elements of light, imagery and sound that together contain the manifestation of spiritual energy and human awareness. The visitor generates through his activate participation various interaction between the elements of light (sunbeams falling through trees), music and video footage inspired by a single woman's subtle feelings and behavior.
Composer/musician Michael Rother and dancer Yoko Ando took charge of the creation of visuals and sounds that, in concert with the dynamics of light, define the piece's distinctive flavor. Their residence at YCAM was for the three artists a period of mutual inspiration and stimulation, and we are now proud to present the much anticipated result of these internationally renowned creators' first ever collaboration.
Movement and spriritual energy generated through light, imagery of body expression and sound
Contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa has been examining individual interpretations of free will to live utilizing a wide range of styles and rather propositional artistic language since the 1980s. This exhibition introducing his long-awaited new work is an experimental attempt to enhance the methodology of past audiovisual installations produced and presented at YCAM, by adding a performance element to the basic installation incorporating light, imagery and sound.
In this work, the emotions and movements born out of a single woman's struggle are expressed through various technology-based interaction between light, imagery and sound. The audience participation-based system behind this work is designed to channel the spectator's consciousness and energy into a cyclic mechanism that stimulates the female protagonist's consciousness and thus animates the work itself. While experiencing a gradually transforming space-time, visitors will be able to perceive the existence of their own energy.
Noritoshi Hirakawa "Insearch of a Purple Heart" (2005, Salon94, New York）
Noritoshi Hirakawa "NH Heimweh nach der Heimat" (1996, Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt)
Noritoshi Hirakawa
"Beyond the sunbeam through trees"
Collaborating artists: Michael Rother (Musician),Yoko Ando (Dancer）
2011 (commissioned by YCAM)｜audiovisual installation
text by Noritoshi Hirakawa
Contemporary artist Noritoshi Hirakawa has been examining individual interpretations of free will to live utilizing a wide range of styles and rather propositional artistic language since the 1980s. This exhibition introducing his long-awaited new work is an experimental attempt to enhance the methodology of past audiovisual installations produced and presented at YCAM, by adding a performance element to the basic installation incorporating light, imagery and sound.
In this work, the emotions and movements born out of a single woman's struggle are expressed through various technology-based interaction between light, imagery and sound. The audience participation-based system behind this work is designed to channel the spectator's consciousness and energy into a cyclic mechanism that stimulates the female protagonist's consciousness and thus animates the work itself. While experiencing a gradually transforming space-time, visitors will be able to perceive the existence of their own energy.
Noritoshi Hirakawa "Beyond the sunbeam through trees" (2011, commissioned by YCAM)
Organized by: Yamaguchi City Foundation for Cultural Promotion
In association with: Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi City Board of Education
Grants from: THE ASAHI SHIMBUN FOUNDATION
Supported by: The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan (FY 2011)
Cooperation: Watari Museum of Contemporary Art; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma; WAKO WORKS OF ART; Gallery HAM; NANZUKA UNDERGROUND; Tomo Suzuki Japan Equipment cooperation: Color Kinetics Japan Incorporated
Technical support: YCAM InterLab
Produced by: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM]
Curator: Kazunao Abe (YCAM)